Tag: red tape

Over 400 Immigration employees probed, sanctioned for corruption since 2016: Morente

(Eagle News) — Over 400 Bureau of Immigration employees have been sanctioned or investigated for corruption since 2016. Bureau chief Jaime Morente made the statement following the signing of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission’s  Anti-Corruption Manifesto in an online event led  by Presidential Anti-Corruption Commissioner  Greco Belgica and other PACC officials on on Wednesday morning. The event had around 150 attendees, including the bureau personnel assigned in different regions of the country from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. […]

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Duterte says he once walked out of Cabinet meeting over slow processing of documents in gov’t

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Feb. 7, admitted he walked out of a Cabinet meeting once due to dismay over the slow processing of documents in government. In a speech before the oath-taking of new government officials in Malacanang, Duterte recalled how some of those attending the meeting were talking about applications before the National Economic Development Authority that were pending for 25 years. “Sinabi ko, this I would not like to […]

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Duterte fires some DAR officials for taking two years to process land conversion case

(Eagle News)—–President Rodrigo Duterte has fired some officials at the Department of Agrarian Reform after it took them two years to convert an agricultural land to a commercial one. Duterte himself made the announcement in a speech in Lucena on Tuesday, Jan. 22. “Kung nakikinig sila ngayon diyan sa conversion office ng DAR, better prepare because you’re fired,” he said, without saying names. President Duterte has been very vocal against red tape in government, and has […]

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PHL ID System Act, inaasahang makatutulong kontra red tape sa gobyerno

(Eagle News) — Inaasahan ng malakanyang na makakatulong ang Philippine Identification System Act upang magkaroon ng transparency at epektibong sistema sa gobyerno. Ayon kay Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, sa ganitong paraan mahihirapan na ang mga masasamang loob na makagawa ng fraud. Sa ilalim ng Philippine Identification System Act, iisang ID na lamang ang kinakailangan na ipakita sa mga transaksyon sa gobyerno at milyun-milyong Filipino ang tiyak na makikinabang dito. Bahagi ito ng layunin ng Pangulong […]

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Duterte looking for ways to decrease “red tape”

QUEZON City, Philippines – President-elect Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Alan Peter Cayetano are studying various measures to decrease, if not end “red tape” altogether, and to increase the efficiency of government service. One of the systems being looked into is the plan adopted by the European Union which holds contests for the public to give ideas and innovative suggestions in reforming the bureaucracy. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho […]

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